How to save energy just like the Queen

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Two giant £2 million Archimedes turbines installed in the River Thames will soon be generating electricity for Windsor CastleAdam Woolfitt/Corbis

David Budworth

Last updated at 3:58PM, January 30 2012

Homeowners have been left bewildered after the Government was told that its
plans to cut subsidies for solar panels were unlawful.

This week’s Court of Appeal ruling suggests that thousands of homes that have
installed solar panels recently will now be able to claim the original top
rate. It could even spark a “gold rush” for panels before the new deadline
of March 3, when the higher subsidy rate expires.

Homeowners who have installed the panels, or plan to do so soon, however,
still face uncertainty after Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, threatened
to appeal to the UK Supreme Court,